In a new interview with host Scott Horton at the Scott Horton Show, politics writer James Bovard describes some of the latest ominous developments in the rollout of United States government-prescribed identification requirements arising from the 2005 REAL ID Act....
Adam Dick
Ron Paul Gives Jimmy Dore a Libertarian Tutorial
by Adam Dick | Jan 25, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Want a brief presentation on some key libertarian ideas regarding matters including United States tariffs on China, the status of the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world, pollution, and laws concerning labor unions? You can find it in the new interview of...
Ron Paul: The Impeachment Trial of President Trump is ‘Pure Politicking’
by Adam Dick | Jan 23, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former United States Hose of Representatives member and presidential candidate Ron Paul is not too impressed with the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the US Senate. The impeachment trial is “pure politicking,“ declares Paul in a new interview at...
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s New Militarism-Cheering Election Opponent
by Adam Dick | Jan 18, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Just like you should not judge a book by its cover, you should not judge a political candidate by his religion, sex, or place of birth. That is a lesson from Dalia al-Aqidi’s Thursday video announcing her campaign as a Republican in opposition to United States House...
That US House-Passed Resolution Supposedly Opposing War Against Iran
by Adam Dick | Jan 13, 2020 | Congress Alert
Last week there was much media coverage of the United Sates House of Representatives voting to approve a resolution (H. Con. Res. 83) commonly described as seeking to prevent the Trump administration from engaging in war against Iran. However, take a look at the...
Lawrence Wilkerson Lambasts ‘the Beast of the National Security State’
by Adam Dick | Jan 13, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Lawrence Wilkerson, a College of William & Mary professor who was chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powel in the George W. Bush administration, powerfully summed up the vile nature of the US national security state in a recent interview with host Amy...
Ron Paul: US Wants to ‘Own Iran’ Like the US Did When the Shah Was in Power
by Adam Dick | Jan 10, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump is offering plenty of justifications for the US government’s recent military actions against Iran, including that the actions were taken to prevent the deaths of Americans and to prevent a war. Not so, says former US House of Representatives...
Dennis Kucinich, Antiwar to His Core
by Adam Dick | Jan 10, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Thursday article by Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone discusses Dennis Kucinich’s work in politics, from Kucinich’s eight terms in the United Sates House of Representatives to his two presidential campaigns to his activities since leaving political office. Taibbi, in the...
Congress Unlikely to Significantly Restrain US Intervention in the Middle East
by Adam Dick | Jan 8, 2020 | Congress Alert
Decade after decade, United States presidents order intervention, by the military and otherwise, across the Middle East. And, decade after decade, the US House of Representatives and Senate provide the funding for the intervention to continue, as well as pass bills...
Ron Paul: It is Best for Iraq to Tell the US to ‘Get Out’
by Adam Dick | Jan 5, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Friday interview with host Rick Sanchez at RT regarding the United States government’s assassination of Iran General Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, peace advocate and former presidential candidate Ron Paul declared that “the best...
Bill Weld: Ho-Hum, Donald Trump Ordered the Assassination of Qassim Suleimani
by Adam Dick | Jan 4, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In 2016, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld received the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential nomination. This year, having returned to the Republican Party, Weld is challenging President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Many...
Dennis Kucinich Condemns Killing of Iran General and Calls for US Congress to Prevent a Larger War
by Adam Dick | Jan 3, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Dennis Kucinich, a long-time advocate for the United States government pursing a peaceful foreign policy who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from Ohio and twice sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination, issued a statement...
Shutter the US Embassy in Iraq
by Adam Dick | Jan 1, 2020 | Featured Articles
This week, amid protests by people upset with United States intervention in Iraq, individuals forced their way into and damaged the US embassy compound in Baghdad. In response, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper declared on Tuesday that 750 additional US troops would...
Keeping Green Party Candidates Off Ballots
by Adam Dick | Dec 23, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The United States Green Party issued a press release Thursday announcing it is seeking “to get ballot lines for all 50 states and DC and the U.S. territories in 2020.” This would be an improvement over the 2016 US general election. The press release states that the...
The Absurdity of Today’s Impeachment Vote Captured in One Tweet
by Adam Dick | Dec 18, 2019 | Congress Alert
On the United States House of Representatives floor today, representatives have lined up to speak in solemn tones about how they are fulfilling of their oaths of office and defending America from grave danger by voting to impeach President Donald Trump.Over at Twitter...
Secession Is Far More Ordinary Than Many People Suggest
by Adam Dick | Dec 17, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Advocacy for secession, both in America and abroad, is often scoffed at as unrealistic. Yet, far from an impossible goal, secession has happened much in history.In a new editorial, political commentator Patrick J. Buchanan discusses some of the many secessions of the...
Removing Marijuana Restrictions for Baseball Players
by Adam Dick | Dec 12, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Some American professional sports organizations, such as the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), have served as auxiliary enforcers of the United States government’s marijuana prohibition, testing players for marijuana use and imposing...
Edward Snowden Speaks Out for Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
by Adam Dick | Dec 12, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks has been silenced. Assange was prevented from communicating with the outside world in his final 13 months at the Ecuador embassy in London, where he had obtained sanctuary from extradition to the United States. The silencing has continued...
Mehdi Hasan Has Some Advice for Mark Zuckerberg: Suppress Speech More at Facebook
by Adam Dick | Dec 10, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
You may be concerned about Facebook and other companies restricting what may be communicated and who may communicate on the companies’ social media platforms, as well as those companies limiting the ability of people to easily see the posts of people and organizations...
How About Cutting Darius Khalil Gordon Some Slack?
by Adam Dick | Dec 7, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Thursday Free Beacon article by Joe Schoffstall purports to expose Darius Khalil Gordon, a newly hired Bernie Sanders presidential campaign employee, as having “a history of racial slurs and denigrating remarks directed at gays, Jews, and women.” Some Twitter posts...
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